WVC 62-9-2
§62-9-2. Indictment for treason.
An indictment for treason shall be sufficient if it be in
form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in
section one:

That A................, being a person owing allegiance to the
State of West Virginia, on the ............ day of ............,
nineteen ....................., in the said county of
.............. did then and there, in violation of his said duty of
allegiance, maliciously and traitorously counsel and abet, and
combine, confederate and agree together with B............... and
C............... (and any other persons) (or all such persons, if
known, may be made joint defendants and jointly indicted), and
divers other persons to the number of .................. (or to a
number unknown), whose names are to the jurors unknown, all of
whom, both said known and unknown persons, were then and there
owing allegiance to the State of West Virginia, did then and there
maliciously and traitorously (here state the acts or treason, such
as gathering together men for war, collecting munitions, counseling
the same, giving aid and comfort to the enemy of the State, etc.),
and the said

A............... (or together with B............... and

C..............., etc., as the case may be) did then and there
maliciously and traitorously, and contrary to his said duty of
allegiance to the State of West Virginia, (here set out the act
done, such as command or lead the army, etc., according to the
facts of the case), against the peace and dignity of the State.

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